FADE IN
EXT. STREET – Afternoon
LUCY (17) is exhausted; she calmly walks down the
street to get to her house. LUCY arrives at her house
and takes her keys out of her bag; she opens the door
and enters the hallway. LUCY looks exhausted as she
goes straight upstairs into her bedroom. She drops
her bag and walks towards her wardrobe where she
picks up a photo album.
CUT TO MR WICKS IN SCHOOL:
INT. SCHOOL CLASSROOM - Afternoon
MARK (17) is in detention after school for behaving
badly, MR WICKS (35) is with him (teacher)
MARK is sitting in front of MR WICKS doing his
classwork looking ashamed. MR WICKS is marking
students’ homework effortlessly.
MR WICKS looks at the clock to check the time, MARKS
detention is over.
MR WICKS
You can go now Mark
MARK gets up and puts his paper and pencil in his
bag; he then looks at MR WICKS angrily. He walks to
the door, urgently opens it and exits the classroom.
MR WICKS continues to mark the rest of the students’
work before he has to leave.
CUT TO LUCY:
INT. LUCY’S BEDROOM - AFTERNOON

3

LUCY looks upset as she looks through old pictures of
her deceased mother. LUCY begins to whimper as she
glares at a photo of her mother.
CUT TO MR WICKS:
EXT. STREET - EVENING
MR WICKS walks down the street in a hurry to get
home.
INT. HALLWAY - EVENING
MR WICKS enters the hallway; he takes off his shoes
and drops his bag.
MR WICKS
Lucy?
(louder) Lucy?
MR WICKS looks confused as his daughter does not
respond even though he knows that she is at home. MR
WICKS walks towards the living room; he pops his head
into the room to see if LUCY is there.
MR WICKS
Lucy?
She doesn’t seem to be in the living room therefore
MR WICKS walks out of the room and goes back into the
hallway.
MR WICKS
(loudly)Lucy?
MR WICKS makes his way upstairs towards LUCY’S
bedroom.
CUT TO LUCY IN HER BEDROOM:
INT. LUCY’S BEDROOM – EVENING

4

MR WICKS
Lucy?
(Prolonging) Luucy?
MR WICKS worriedly enters LUCY’S bedroom, LUCY does
not respond to him entering her room.
MR WICKS
Lucy are you okay?
What’s wrong?
LUCY is very emotional therefore she does not reply
to her father’s questions. Mr Wicks walks towards the
bed and sits down.
MR WICKS
I can’t believe it’s been two years since she’s gone,
if she was still here things would be so much
different.
LUCY
(smiling) We’ve still got each other
MR WICKS smiles as they both look at each other.
MR WICKS
Yeah… You remind me so much of her, so beautiful
MR WICKS strokes LUCY’S hair and takes his blazer
off. MR WICKS places the photo album on the floor,
out of the way. LUCY looks uncomfortable as MR WICKS
leans in closer to Lucy, making her lie down.
FADE OUT
FADE IN
INT. LUCY’S BEDROOM – EVENING

5

MR WICKS puts his shirt on as he walks towards the
door; he suddenly stops and ruthlessly looks at LUCY.
He then leaves the room and slams the door shut.
INT. (1 WEEK LATER) LIVING ROOM – EVENING
MR WICKS is calmly watching television whilst
enjoying a couple of beers. He slowly begins to drift
off into a deep sleep. He is shown lying on the sofa
sleeping, with a bottle of beer still firmly in his
hand.
CUT TO LUCY:
INT. LUCY’S BEDROOM – EVENING
LUCY is crying, her mascara is running down her eyes.
LUCY
(crying) MUM
She looks at herself in the mirror in disgust as she
holds a pregnancy stick in her hand. She opens the
cap of the pregnancy stick to double check the result
as she is in despair.
FADE OUT
END